English Slang Idioms (413)

"Dad, why'd you let Johnny go to Chicago and not me?" Dan complained over supper eight years later. His dad said, "Dan, don't ......... up the past. Who cares what happened back then? Let it go."
stroke
sweep
swirl
stir

"I thought Willie was going to punch Steve in the face when he brought up Willie's old drinking problem in front of his new girlfriend. He was as mad as a .........," Owen said.
hornet
bumblebee
cockroach
mosquito

"I can't ......... these new horror movies. They're so graphic and gory, they make me sick," Jennifer told Rosa.
swallow
eat
stomach
digest

"I tried to find out where they transferred Wilson after he was sent to the brig, but I got stone......... by the MPs. They refused to give me any information at all," Sergeant Ellis told Private Gonzales.
gated
rolled
walled
floored

"Is there a hardware store around here?" Bill asked. Harvey replied, "Yes, there's one just a stone's ......... away. It's up a block on the right."
roll
fall
cast
throw

"I hate walking on plywood, but I'm stone-......... at the moment. As soon as I get paid, I'm going to buy some carpet," Matt told Paul.
down
ground
cold
broke

"He can't hear you; you'll have to go out to the garden if you want to talk to him. My father's stone-.........," Ellie said to the salesman.
colc
deaf
blind
dumb

"I can't believe you told the guards that I had a cellphone just so that you could get extra privileges. I never figured you for a stool ........., Davis," Jared told the other prisoner.
robber
sample
sitter
pigeon

"You were willing to spend your kids' college fund to go gamble in Las Vegas? Will you stop at ......... to fulfill your dream of competing against the best card players in the world?" Beth asked Michael.
nothing
zero
nowhere
zilch

"He tried to move his pieces down here to checkmate me, but I stopped him .........," Chris told Linda.
dry
dark
cork
cold